Advertising device.



m.ss1,49e. y 1 PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

' H. BELL;

- ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLIOATIQNIILBD up; 2a. 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HAYDEN. H. BELL, or omcaoo, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF TO RICHARD ONEILL.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

To all whom) it may concern:

Beit known that I, HAYDEN H. BELL, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of advertising mechanism in which the advertising is done by the use of signs; and my device relates to movable signs actuated some force, as wind, for the purpose of attracting the attention of those who pass by such signs. I attain said desirable ends by means of mechanism such'as is shown and described in the hereto accompanying drawings, in

the cutting plane 3 3 of Fig. 1. a Fig. 4 shows the lower hub or arm-holder of the arms 0 in side elevation.

. Like reference-letters denote like" parts throughout The object of my invention is to produce Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 26, 1906. Serial No. 302,950-

signs which shall be in motion and at the same time easily legible and winch may be actuated by the wind or any other suitable agency. structmy said new device in substantially To attain said desirable'ends I 0011- 1 the following manner, namely: 1 use, preteri ably, a gas-pipe of suitable diameter and length planted firmly in the ground. At a suitable height above the ground is secured a collar d, provided with hallways and balls e, and upon said balls rides an arm-hub or socket-piece d,provided with a desired number of sockets dflinto which are screwed horii with a shoulder. of sleeve-connected socketzontal arms 0, and into the upper end oi said hub is screwed a pipe a tornnng a sleeve 5 nected arms. swmg-s1gns on the upper of said which fits loosely over the pipe (1, and at its upper end is a hub (l for the upper arms 0; constructedsubstantially like said lower hub and arms.

The ends of said arms are con- 1 nected bypieces or pipe c, screwed mto plpeelbows 0 thus forming a frame of the parts i a, c, and 0'. within which is a sign], hung on Fatented Sept. 18 1906.

straps g on the upper arm 0. As seen from the drawings, a limited number of arms 0 may be provided, as '[\\'O,'1l11'96, or four; but a greater number/would cause the swinging signs to interfere, and also cause more or less dilliculty in reading the signs.\ The stem 0 may extend above said rotary mechanism and be provided with acollar (1 held by a set-bolt to form a shoulder. and on said collar rests a sleeve a fitting loosely over the pipe (I, and on' said sleeve is secured a sign f consisting of two opposite boards of thin' material of'which the ends are brought together and fastened, thereby holding said boards firmly on said sleeve. The signs f will be in motion, swinging back and forth as the arms turn to and from the wind. Tomake said rotation of the arms 0, I apply to some part, as to c, hemispherical cups i, arranged, as shown, so as to catch the wind onone side of the rotary mechanism.

By hanging each sign, as shown, it is enabled to yield to strong wind and to thereby relieve the stress that would otherwise press against the stem, and thus save it from injury from storms, -while iii-gentle wind the slight motion of the signs will tend to increase attention to the signs.

All the supporting mechanism being made of metal it is a lire-proof device, which at the same time is also less liable to be injured by mischievous parties than it would be if made of wood.

'hat I claim is- 1. The combination with a stem provided with a shoulder, of SltOVQ-U)ll1l(('t0(l socketpieces on said stem provided with end-connected arms forming a frame, and a swinging sign within such frame.

2. The combination with a stem provided pieces on said stem provided with end-conarms, and means to secure rotary action to said mechanism. p

' HAYDEN H. BELL. Witnesses:

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